As anyone who frequents this blog can tell, I’m even more behind on posting than I usually am. Sorry about that. There have been a number of things eating my time this past little while, and the blog has been neglected. Looking to start to fix that here. Unfortunately, a … Continue reading
I can’t believe I just found out about this. Last week some time, Fred Hicks tweeted ((Actually, he retweeted. But anyway.)) about this comic called Atomic Robo. The tweet included this link, which you should check out. I did. And it intrigued me so much, I immediately went and bought … Continue reading
Well. I have to say that this last session of Feints & Gambits did not go in the direction I had envisioned. A large part of the reason for that was my fault – I hadn’t prepared well enough for the game to have a really solid idea of where … Continue reading
Wow. I’m falling behind on the posts. Sorry, folks. I’ll try and catch up before Christmas. We opened this last session of Storm Point with our heroes brainstorming what they wanted to do about Channah, the gang boss who thought it was a good idea to demand protection money from … Continue reading
Last week, Pelgrane Press made their new GUMSHOE game, Night’s Black Agents, available for preorder. The preorder included a bare-bones-layout version of the game and, being a ravening GUMSHOE fanboy ((Not to mention a ravening Ken Hite fanboy.)), of course I had to grab it and spend the weekend reading … Continue reading
**Potential Spoilers** The Armitage Files is an improvised campaign structure. It uses a number of stock pieces, such as NPCs, organizations, and locations, that are strung together by individual GMs to fit player action. The adventures I create with it may or may not match any other GM’s version of … Continue reading
So, the past few posts in this series have been laying the groundwork for this stage. The Secrets Deck and Sandboxes give you the raw materials, and Watching Their Eyes lets you assess those materials. Now, you start making decisions and building the rough shape of the campaign arc that … Continue reading
Last Sunday was the the first session of Storm Point since the gang moved into the Paragon tier. I moved their base from the small fishing town of Storm Point to the large city-state of Belys, upping the fantastical elements and basically turning the dials on things up to level … Continue reading
This weekend is Central Canada Comic Con, and once again, I will be there with the good folks from Imagine Games and Hobbies running demos of board and card games on Saturday and Sunday. I’ve made my selection and packed my bags ((I’ll try and get a picture of them … Continue reading
***SPOILER ALERT*** I’m running Tomb of Horrors for this leg of the Storm Point campaign. You may not want to read on if you’re playing the game yourself. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Sunday before last ((Yep, I’m falling behind. Work stuff.)), we got together and finished off the first stage of The … Continue reading
